Win: Ryoji Kamei (4-4) Loss: Emil Iorg (5-8)
Save: Mark Casa (4)
Inning: 1 Houston Jack Dwyer pitching. Masaki Arasuna doubles past the left fielder. George Gilhooley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Masaki Arasuna advances to third on the play. The defense is playing the infield in. Earle Mooneyham pops out to the second baseman. Pedro Grieve grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 San Diego Luis Conwell pitching. Mark Hendrick grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Doc Sprite walks. Nick Meyers singles to left field. Robby Klutts lines out to the second baseman. Hal Dowse strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Houston Joe Pearce flies out to the right fielder. Martin Alley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Mark Hale grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 San Diego Dick Smith lines out to the pitcher. Oscar Robertson flies out to the center fielder. Ed Auerbach grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Houston Stan Felske flies out to the center fielder. Luis Conwell strikes out. Masaki Arasuna walks. George Gilhooley singles to left field. Masaki Arasuna advances to third on the hit. Earle Mooneyham grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 San Diego Jack Dwyer grounds out to the shortstop. Mark Hendrick flies out to the center fielder. Doc Sprite strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Houston Pedro Grieve flies out to the center fielder. Joe Pearce singles to center field. Martin Alley grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 San Diego Nick Meyers grounds out to the third baseman. Robby Klutts flies out to the center fielder. Hal Dowse grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Houston Mark Hale grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Stan Felske flies out to the left fielder. Luis Conwell flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 San Diego Dick Smith strikes out. Oscar Robertson flies out to the right fielder. Ed Auerbach strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Houston Masaki Arasuna flies out to the center fielder. George Gilhooley strikes out. Earle Mooneyham flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 San Diego Emil Iorg comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jack Dwyer strikes out. Mark Hendrick pops out to the first baseman. Doc Sprite flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Houston Pedro Grieve walks. Ryoji Kamei comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 1st. Joe Pearce singles to left field. Pedro Grieve advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. Martin Alley pops out to the third baseman. The defense is playing the corners in. Mark Carney is pinch hitting for Mark Hale. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Mark Carney grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Pearce advances to second on the play. Stan Felske flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 San Diego Nick Meyers singles to left field. Karl Ash comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Robby Klutts singles to right field. Nick Meyers advances to third on the hit. Robby Klutts steals second. Hal Dowse strikes out. Dick Smith singles to center field. Nick Meyers scores. Robby Klutts scores. Dick Smith steals second. Dick Smith is out trying to steal third. Oscar Robertson singles to center field. Ed Auerbach strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Houston Ed Wathan is pinch hitting for Karl Ash. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Ed Wathan flies out to the left fielder. Dick Carroll is pinch hitting for Masaki Arasuna. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dick Carroll singles to center field. George Gilhooley flies out to the right fielder. Bud Siever is pinch hitting for Earle Mooneyham. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bud Siever flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 San Diego Oscar Gagne pitching. Yoshiharu Ishihara is pinch hitting for Ryoji Kamei. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Yoshiharu Ishihara triples. Mark Hendrick doubles past the first baseman. Yoshiharu Ishihara scores. Doc Sprite walks. Nick Meyers singles to right field. Mark Hendrick scores. Doc Sprite advances to third on the hit. Robby Klutts grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Doc Sprite scores. Hal Dowse singles to left field. Hal Dowse is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Houston Randy Mantz pitching. Pedro Grieve singles to center field. Joe Pearce walks. Martin Alley pops out to the first baseman. Mark Carney walks. Mark Casa comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Stan Felske singles to center field. Pedro Grieve scores. Joe Pearce scores. Ernie Mackanin is pinch hitting for Oscar Gagne. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ernie Mackanin strikes out. Dick Carroll grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Houston total runners left on base: 8 San Diego total runners left on base: 3
Batting:2B - Mark Hendrick (24).3B - Yoshiharu Ishihara (5).GIDP - Robby Klutts. Baserunning: SB - Robby Klutts (11), Dick Smith (11).CS - Hal Dowse (1), Dick Smith (11).
Houston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Kurt Bigbee did not respond to coaching in control Jerry Habyan did not respond to coaching in arm James Arnold did not respond to coaching in velocity Joe Oana improves in velocity Greg Spongberg did not respond to coaching in 2B
San Diego Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Chad Finney did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Buzz Sample improves in power_vs_righty Tito Wright improves in control Jose Constable did not respond to coaching in range